Sea snake - Wikipedia
Sea snakes, or coral reef snakes, are elapid snakes that inhabit marine environments for most or all of their lives. They belong to two subfamilies, Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae. Hydrophiinae also includes Australasian terrestrial snakes, whereas Laticaudinae only includes the sea kraits (Laticauda), of which three species are found ...
Venomous Sea Snake Facts (Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae)
2019年4月2日 · Scientific Name: Subfamilies Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae; Common Names: Sea snake, coral reef snake; Basic Animal Group: Reptile; Size: 3-5 feet; Weight: 1.7-2.9 pounds; Lifespan: Estimated 10 years; Diet: Carnivore; Habitat: Coastal Indian and Pacific Ocean; Population: Unknown; Conservation Status: Most species are Least Concern
Yellow-bellied sea snake - Wikipedia
The yellow-bellied sea snake (Hydrophis platurus) is a venomous species of snake from the subfamily Hydrophiinae (the sea snakes) found in tropical oceanic waters around the world except for the Atlantic Ocean.
Morphology, reproduction and diet of the greater sea snake
2019年6月17日 · Although widespread, the large Hydrophiinae sea snake Hydrophis major is poorly known ecologically. We dissected 119 preserved specimens in museum collections to quantify body sizes and proportions, sexual dimorphism, reproductive biology and diet.
Mistaken identity may explain why male sea snakes (Aipysurus …
2021年8月19日 · Diverse and abundant in tropical marine waters, sea snakes of the subfamily Hydrophiinae are secondarily aquatic taxa derived from terrestrial elapid (front-fanged) snakes 1,2.
Hydrophis - Wikipedia
Hydrophis is a genus of sea snakes, venomous snakes in the subfamily Hydrophiinae of the family Elapidae. Species in the genus Hydrophis are typically found in Indo-Australian and Southeast Asian waters.
Morphology, Diet, and Reproduction of Coastal Hydrophis Sea
2021年9月2日 · The hydrophiine sea snakes (Elapidae, Hydrophiinae) represent the largest group of extant reptiles which have invaded the marine environment. Over 60 described species are distributed across the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific region, mainly inhabiting shallow coastal waters (Rasmussen et al., 2011b; Uetz et al., 2020).
Abstract Although widespread, the large Hydrophiinae sea snake Hydrophis major is poorly known ecologically. We dissected 119 preserved specimens in museum col-lections to quantify body sizes and proportions, sexual dimorphism, reproductive biology and diet.
Horizontal transfer and southern migration: the tale of Hydrophiinae…
2021年6月23日 · Here we examine a diverse family of Australo-Melanesian snakes (Hydrophiinae) to examine if this pattern of variable TE content and activity holds true on a smaller scale. Hydrophiinae diverged from Asian elapids ∼15-25 Mya and have since rapidly diversified into 6 amphibious, ∼60 marine and ∼100 terrestrial species which fill a broad ...
Multilocus phylogeny and recent rapid radiation of the ... - PubMed
The viviparous sea snakes (Hydrophiinae: Hydrophiini) comprise a young but morphologically and ecologically diverse clade distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific. Despite presenting a very promising model for marine diversification studies, many relationships among the 62 species and 16 genera in Hy ….